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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1991
Filed:
May. 07, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Malika Gunasekera, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Sarath P Gunasekera, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Ross E Longley, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Neal S Burres, Highland Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc., Fort Pierce, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514459 ; 514908 ; 514460 ; 549292 ;
Abstract
Novel lactone compounds having remarkable immunomodulatory and antitumor activities, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods for the preparation of the novel compounds and compositions and methods of their use for therapeutic purposes are described. The new lactone compounds have the structure according to the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R=--H, --A, --CH.sub.2 --Q, --COA or --COZ,